We report the construction and characterization of a comprehensive magnonic-opto-electronic oscillator (MOEO) system based on 1550-nm photonics and yttirum iron garnet (YIG) magnonics. The system exhibits a rich and synergistic parameter space because of the ability to control individual photonic, electronic, and magnonic components. Taking advantage of the spin wave dispersion of YIG, the frequency self-generation as well as the related nonlinear processes become sensitive to the external magnetic field. Besides being known as a narrowband filter and a delay element, the YIG delayline possesses spin wave modes that can be controlled to mix with the optoelectronic modes to generate higher-order harmonic beating modes. With the high sensitivity and external tunability, the MOEO system may find usefulness in sensing applications in magnetism and spintronics beyond optoelectronics and photonics.
@article{arxiv.2011.06155,
title = {Experimental parameters, combined dynamics, and nonlinearity of a Magnonic-Opto-Electronic Oscillator (MOEO)},
author = {Yuzan Xiong and Zhizhi Zhang and Yi Li and Mouhamad Hammami and Joseph Sklenar and Laith Alahmed and Peng Li and Thomas Sebastian and Hongwei Qu and Axel Hoffmann and Valentine Novosad and Wei Zhang},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2011.06155},
year = {2021}
}
Comments
13 pages, 9 figures. Comments are welcome. [A more comprehensive version of the manuscript was submitted to Rev. Sci. Instrum.]